FG not ruling out new refineries – NNPC boss

Keen on returning sanity to petroleum products distribution and marketing, the federal government is seriously considering establishing back-up refineries to entrench a culture of efficiency.

This revelation was made by the Group Manading Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Emmanuel Ibe- Kachikwu, on Wednesday in Kaduna.

Kachikwu stated this, while addressing Journalists shortly after he was conducted round the Kaduna Refining Petrochemical Company (KRPC) in Kaduna.

The GMD said the NNPC was working to get the refineries across the country to work to their optimal production with “new business modules, new commercial modules and new approaches.

“What is obtainable is that most of our refineries are close to 30 to 40 years old; we need to begin to look at building new refineries in the same land space where they can share facilities so that you will have something to lean on when these old ones are beginning to kick out.“Some of them for a very long period.

“Kaduna refinery has a very unique place in my heart. “It is so key for the survival of the economy of Kaduna State and the rest of the North.

“Without it we are not going to get out of problems of fuel supply, power supply and all that.

He said the NNPC management was committed to ensuring that within the next 90 days some elements of the KRPC plant would work the way they would be expected.

“But never will we get it to where I will love it to be. So simultaneous reserve will enhance process to see the rest of the units getting to some level of maintenance and repairs.

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